Eurovision Song Contest 1971

Infobox Eurovision
name = Eurovision Song Contest 1971


final = 3 April 1971
presenters = Bernadette Ní Ghallchóir
conductor = Noel Kelehan
director =
host = flagicon|Ireland RTÉ
venue = Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
winner = flag|Monaco
"nowrap|Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue"
vote = Each country had two jury members, one under 25 and one over 25. They each awarded 1 to 5 points for each song.
entries = 18
debut = flag|Malta
return = flag|Austria
flag|Finland
flag|Norway
flag|Portugal
flag|Sweden
withdraw = None
null = None
interval = Shannon Castle Entertainers
opening =
con = Eurovision Song Contest
pre = ◄1970
nex = 1972►

The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was the sixteenth Eurovision Song Contest and held in Dublin, Ireland. The new voting system that was introduced in this Eurovision did have one big problem: some juries gave fewer points out than others. Whether this was done in some cases to increase their respective countries' chances of winning is impossible to say, but the shortcomings of the system were nevertheless plain.

This was RTÉ's first outside broadcast in colour.

For the first time, each participating broadcaster was required to televise all the songs in "previews" prior to the live final. [O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3] .

The BBC were worried about the possible audience reaction to the British song due to the hostilities raging in Northern Ireland. They specifically selected a singer from Northern Ireland, Clodagh Rodgers who was popular in both the UK and Ireland to ease any ill-feeling from the Dublin audience. She reported receiving death threats from the I.R.A. for representing the UK. [O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3] .

Monaco's win was their first and only victory. The song was performed by a French singer, living in France, sung in French, conducted by a French native and written by a French team. Singer Severine later claimed she never visited Monaco before or after her victory. [O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3] .

Results

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!colspan="43"|Results
- Austria 3 5 2 7 2 3 2 3 3 6 4 6 3 5 4 3 5 Malta 4 2 2 3 5 3 2 3 4 4 2 4 5 2 2 3 2 Monaco 4 5 10 10 2 8 4 8 10 4 10 9 9 8 10 7 10 Switzerland 5 5 4 6 2 6 2 6 3 7 4 5 5 6 4 4 4 Germany 6 5 7 6 8 8 2 6 7 6 6 5 5 7 7 5 4 Spain 4 8 10 5 7 10 4 7 4 5 6 9 6 7 7 9 8 France 3 2 8 8 5 5 2 5 3 4 4 6 9 5 5 3 5 Luxembourg 2 7 6 3 2 4 5 6 3 3 2 5 3 6 4 5 4 United Kingdom 4 8 8 6 5 2 8 4 8 3 5 7 5 7 6 6 6 Belgium 3 2 5 4 2 2 5 2 6 3 5 4 6 6 3 6 4 Italy 4 6 9 8 6 6 9 2 6 2 7 6 2 3 8 2 5 Sweden 7 4 4 9 4 2 5 2 5 6 6 3 9 3 6 4 6 Ireland 7 6 6 3 4 5 7 2 6 3 6 2 5 4 5 4 4 Netherlands 6 2 6 5 4 5 7 2 5 2 5 6 5 9 5 6 8 Portugal 4 3 6 2 5 10 8 5 6 4 4 2 3 5 6 5 5 Yugoslavia 6 2 4 2 7 6 6 2 3 2 5 2 5 4 4 3 5 Finland 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 10 10 2 4 6 3 8 6 6 Norway 3 3 6 4 2 2 5 2 7 6 2 2 7 2 5 4 3 THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

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